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April 16, 2014   · by   Paul   ·  A popular travel column in the New York Times called “36 hours in…” has covered over 700 cities ranging from Lijiang, China to New Haven, Connecticut. But never a city in Pakistan. I am certainly not the New York Times, but wanted to make an attempt to change this by sharing a glimpse of my visit. Saturday. 8am. Airplane. Teenagers. “Where are you from?” “America.” “You’re going to get blown up!” The exchange with the Pakistani teenager next to me does not begin well. Pakistan is best known in the West as the home of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. It was quite high on the “I cannot believe you’re going there” list. Sensing the concern clouding my face, he breaks out into a wide grin. “Just kidding, man. You’re going to love it here. You Americans have totally the wrong image of Pakistan. Lahore is the party capital of Pakistan! Let me know if you want to go out tonight.” Turns out teenagers ha...